Robert Mitchell
solo jazz piano recital

“…a very important influential musician”  Gilles Peterson

Robert Mitchell is an award-winning pianist, keyboard player, composer, songwriter, poet, and author. He has released 16 albums, 3 poetry collections (another one is in preparation), and contributed to over 100 projects, performing in 40+ countries. He leads Little Black Book, TRUE THINK, Epiphany3, and an improv trio The Flame. He is a professor at Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Jazz Piano), Mentor/Task Force Member at Black Lives In Music, and also teaches at the Royal Academy of Music, Young Music Makers. He is a Steinway Artist whose accolades include BBC Jazz Awards, Gilles Peterson’s Best Jazz Album, and a Paul Hamlyn composition award.

Robert Michell’s performance at Wainsgate celebrates his illustrious contribution to the solo piano playing tradition, including his exploration of left-hand only piano. Notable composer, he is known for his imaginative and compelling improvisatory skills, and beloved for his artistry and relentless pursuit of the sublime. He will perform original music, improvisation, left hand only music and some music by legendary composers from multiple musical traditions. Expect the unexpected, and a thought-provoking and emotionally stirring encounter.

“Robert Mitchell is one of the UK’s greatest living jazz pianists and in such a list would be placed somewhere near the top”. Marlbank.net (Stephen Graham)

“Mitchell is a restless spirit musically and metaphysically, diverse in his projects, but unified in his vision that music is a power for change.” Jazzwise Magazine

“Robert Mitchell is one of Britain’s finest and most versatile pianist-composer-improvisors”. The Wire Magazine

“The astonishing Robert Mitchell, familiar as the pianist and MD for the recent ‘BBC Four celebrates Jazz 625 For One Night Only’, took the keyboard apart in every sense of the word. He uses both hands and sometimes cross-hands with equal force to build solos of unbelievable depth and complexity. Urged on by his fellow players and the awe-struck audience, his playing became ever more audacious as the evening progressed.” thejazzmann.com